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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the strange man in "Grandmother's Tale" do first when he entered the house?
(a) Cried.
(b) Smoked.
(c) Ate.
(d) Slept.

2. What does Atzel cease doing when he wants to go to paradise?
(a) Speaking.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Eating.
(d) Walking.

3. What is Lekisch's title?
(a) Ox.
(b) Dopey.
(c) Silly.
(d) Mistaken.

4. What game are Grandmother's grandchildren playing at the beginning of this story?
(a) Dreidel.
(b) Jacks.
(c) Hide and Seek.
(d) Tag.

5. Why did someone in Chelm think the moon fell in a barrel?
(a) They saw the reflection in the water.
(b) They saw the moon go down behind the barrel.
(c) Someone told them.
(d) They could not see the moon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the children request of Grandmother before they go to bed?

2. Why does Gronam think the snow is something aside from snow?

3. What animals appear as the strange man spins around in the house?

4. What is Atzel's main attribute when he grows up?

5. What does Gronam think the snow is?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were the Elders chosen to rule the town of Chelm?

2. How does "Grandmother's Tale" begin?

3. What does Gronam notice about the Hanukkah snow?

4. What does Atzel do the minute he is released from paradise?

5. What does Atzel do on his first days in paradise, and how does he feel about this?

6. How do the Elders decide to tell the people not to trample the snow?

7. How does Atzel feel when he is told it is not time for him to go to paradise?

8. What happens to Atzel's life after his time in paradise?

9. What came into the house as the strange man called out after his real identity was revealed?

10. What does Dr. Yoetz see when he first checks on Atzel inside Kadish's house?

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